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Tuesday November 8, 2005

Black Hebrew Israelites:

Vegan couple cleared of starving baby, guilty of child neglect

MIAMI, Florida -- A couple who kept their five children on a strict raw foods diet was cleared of aggravated manslaughter Monday for the death of their 6-month-old baby, but convicted of four counts of child neglect.

Friday November 4, 2005

Black Hebrew Israelites:

Defense expert: baby died of natural causes, not malnutrition

MIAMI - A 6-month-old baby fed a diet of raw food died of natural causes brought on by a compromised immune system that was not the result of malnutrition, a medical expert testified Thursday in the manslaughter trial of the infant's parents.

Thursday November 3, 2005

Black Hebrew Israelites:

Witness: Children of vegan couple seemed healthy before baby’s death

MIAMI — The children of a vegan couple appeared bright-eyed and healthy to a case worker who investigated claims of child neglect at the family's home in 2002.

Saturday October 29, 2005

Black Hebrew Israelites:

Cult tied to cases of racist violence, kid abuse

The controversial Black Israelites have been slammed as a dangerous, racist cult with members who have been convicted of torturing and killing whites for sport and abusing children.

Black Hebrew Israelites:

Sect baby’s death probed

Hub sect baby’s death probed: Body held in NYC as officials check for neglect

Friday October 21, 2005

Black Hebrew Israelites:

Guardian: Children of parents accused in infant’s death were malnourished

Lamoy and Joseph Andressohn face up to 50 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter for the death of their 6-month-old daughter.

Black Hebrew Israelites:

Cop: Dying Baby Looked Like Famine Victim

MIAMI -- A dying 6-month-old baby who had been on a raw food diet looked like a starving famine victim usually seen in a poverty-stricken foreign country, a police officer testified on Tuesday in the manslaughter and child neglect trial of the infant's parents.

Black Hebrew Israelites:

Brothers testify in parents’ trial over sister’s raw food diet

One of two brothers who testified on Wednesday in their parents' trial on child neglect and manslaughter charges said he was told his infant sister died accidentally, and that he was hungry while on a strict raw food diet, but feared punishment if he said so.

Saturday May 17, 2003

Black Hebrew Israelites:

Baby’s starvation death under investigation

South Florida Sun-Sentinel, May 17, 2003